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EA: Medal of Honor Sells 2 Million, Sequel Likely

Even Electronic Arts has mixed thoughts about its rebooted Medal of Honor, but based on the shooter's early sales tally and consumer feedback, the publisher is ready to greenlight a sequel.

Embroiled in controversy for its real-world setting and original inclusion of the Taliban as a playable faction in the game's multiplayer mode, Medal of Honor launched to a widely varied critical response, earning a 75 on Metacritic. That didn't stop the game from selling more than 2 million copies in its first two weeks.

"Consumer feedback has been strong to suggest that we've got a franchise now, once again, that we could successfully and effectively sequel in the future," he said. "The game has exceeded our plan and expectations sell-through and sell-in, and those expectations went up as they went from planned to forecast." Riccitiello said.

If and when the modern day Medal of Honor gets a sequel, EA Games' Patrick Soderlund admitted it will have to do better in order to compete in the popular and flooded FPS market.
"What I can say is the game didn't meet our quality expectations. In order to be successful in that space, we're going to have to have a game that is really, really strong."

Sharkey says: As an old-school Medal of Honor player and fan (my favorite multiplayer map of all time is Omaha Beach in Allied Assault), I was disappointed with the reboot, particularly DICE's multiplayer. I said it in my review, and I'll say it again here: EA would be wise to differentiate its game from the competition by adding the realism (sliding, lean/peek) that was in the campaign to the multiplayer.